An evening celebrating the music of Zabetas. Feel good, upbeat and dancy, soulful, humorous and always poignant, he captured the hearts and minds of a nation.
Maria Tsirodimitri, voice/guitar
Manolis Taouxis, voice/bouzouki
George Tsolakis, voice/guitar
George Angelopoulos, baglama/bouzouki
Pavlos Carvalho, cello/double bass.
"Ζabetas as a composer is among the ten greatest of the rebetiko and laiko. As a bouzouki player he was the best with a very special and personal sound , but as a show man he was unique. An artist that if he was born in the States would be a world-famous artist."
- Leyteris Papadopoulos
Zabetas is one of the warmest, relatable and talented Greek musicians of all time. His catchy, melodic songs, filled with the down to earth tragedy and comedy of the human condition that anyone could relate to, made his songs part of the DNA of Greek life.
As one of the most recognized musicians in Greece he worked for many years in cinema with stars such as Aliki Vougiouklakai. He both appeared in films and wrote music for them, with songs such as “siko horepse syrtaki”. He claimed to have been influenced greatly by both Vamvaklaris and Tsitsanis, but his music is unmistakably his own and has it’s unique identity and place in Greek musical history. In many of his songs he makes references to nightingales and swallows. Zabetas himself said that he loved to go and sit in the forests listening to nightingales. There singing gave him ideas for his melodies.
First half:
19:00 - 20.10
Second half:
20:30 - 21.45
USEFUL INFORMATION
Estimated running time
Performance times
19:00
Ticket prices
£15, £10
Concession
Full-time students, those aged under 16, senior citizens, the unwaged, members of Equity and BECTU
Access
Theatro Technis is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system fitted in the main auditorium. If you have any questions or specific requests, please email boxoffice@theatrotechnis.com.
More information to come.

































































































